Comments on: Transition Network Conference 2010 Booklet Now Available

By: Standing Up To Speak – (Pattern 1.8)

Standing Up To Speak – (Pattern 1.8) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:07:49 +0000

[...] Transition Conference last month Rob Hopkins introduced a new way of understanding Transition using A Pattern Language. It was felt that the twelve steps were rather too linear an approach. Many people thought they had [...]

By: cliff

cliff — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:48:13 +0000

fourcultures, thanks.
But your suggestions are beyond me. I won’t bore everyone and myself with which-button-doesn’t-get-me-where saga. Besides, Rob has sent it direct via email, which has delivered the goods.
Meanwhile, looking forward to a stimulating conference…

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:54:29 +0000

Paul, the link you provided has an extra ) in the url and thus does not work. if the ) is erased in the browser the document appears.

i still can’t access the transition handbook however – will try a few more things.

By: Rethinking Transition as a Pattern Language: an introduction

Rethinking Transition as a Pattern Language: an introduction — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:46:21 +0000

[...] Transition has become in its short lifespan thus far. The draft of the Transition pattern language in the booklet that I posted yesterday created for the 2010 Transition Network conference sets out about 70 initial patterns. Over the [...]

By: fourcultures

fourcultures — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:31:17 +0000

Cliff, if you are viewing the pdf file through a web browser (eg. Firefox or Internet Explorer) it may be a matter of the wrong ‘encoding’ being used by your web browser. Using the Chrome browser I often get a blank screen instead of a pdf, but it’s easily fixed by trying different encodings. In Internet Explorer, select view-encoding-autoselect, or manually test different options from the encoding menu. Even easier: try viewing the pdf file via an actual pdf reader application, such as Adobe Reader, Foxit or Sumatra.

By: Transition Times » Article » Re-Conceiving Transition as a Pattern Language

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:43:42 +0000

By: Paul Mackay

Paul Mackay — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:17:19 +0000

I think the patterns are an excellent evolution as a way of describing Transition. It would be great if (in true Open Source style) they could be documented on the Transition wiki such that they can be evolved and additional patterns added by the community.

Also one useful reference is “Liberating Voices!
A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution” (see http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/) which is documenting patterns for communications. Many of these are very relevant to Transition too I feel.

Little confused by the “full text” entry, which lacks the section titles – is that intended? I think the section titles (Problem, Solution, etc) are really helpful to define a pattern.

By: Kevin Wilson

Kevin Wilson — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:18:03 +0000

Wonderful to see the patterns idea being applied to Transition – Rob, I’m really looking forward to seeing your expanded thinking on this.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:05:52 +0000

Hi Cliff,
Have contacted our webmaster, he has checked it all out and thinks all is well…. he suggests it must be a problem at your end. I hope you are able to resolve it… if not contact me directly and I’ll send you the file.
Best wishes
Rob

By: Marcin Gerwin

Marcin Gerwin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:17:07 +0000

I also like the idea of short chapters presenting various concepts for Transition and I find them very useful. However, one chapter still seems to be missing – the one on participatory budgeting The recent example of participatory budgeting from the US is very encouraging and I think PB has a great potential for the Transition initiatives:
http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/27/chicagos-1-3-million-experiment-in-democracy/

I would also suggest an additional chapter on decision-making processes in local community. Personally I find it essential to have a good mechanism for making decisions together as a whole community, rather than relying on elected representatives.

By: Bart Anderson

Bart Anderson — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:58:08 +0000

Stupendous job!

Just reading the descriptions of the workshops and talks is exhilarating.

The Pattern Language approach to Transition is brilliant. Thus far, Transition has been able to listen to criticisms and incorporate them, making it a stronger and deeper movement.

Bravo

Bart Anderson
Energy Bulletin

By: Graham Burnett

Graham Burnett — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:42:28 +0000

looking forward to learning more about applying pattern language to Transition…

By: Cliff

Cliff — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:14:30 +0000

Is there a glitch in the links? When I attempt to download, I can see it for just a split-second… then gone I know not where, leaving na blank screen. I see it has 108 pages, but I can’t see what’s on them!